SERVICES AND PROCEDURE :
Dr Aniruddha Maiti specializes in the following services and procedure
ARMD: Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD), is a medical condition which may result in blurred or no vision in the centre of the visual field. Early on there are often no symptoms. Treatment: Anti-VEGF medication injected into your eye
Myopic Degeneration: High minus power is often associated with peripheral degenerations and holes, tears and sometimes they lead to Retinal Detachment
Laser surgery can repair a retinal tear or hole. Your surgeon uses a laser to heat small pinpoints on the retina. This creates scarring that usually binds (welds) the retina to the underlying tissue. Immediate laser treatment of a new retinal tear can decrease the chance of it causing a retinal detachment.
Retinal detachment happens when your retina (a light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of your eye) is pulled away from its normal position. Retinal detachment is a medical emergency, and early treatment is important to protect your vision.
If you have a retinal detachment, you may need surgery to reattach your retina to the back of your eye within a few days. After surgery, by a retina surgeon in Kolkata, you may need to stay in the hospital/house for a short time — and it might take a few weeks before your vision starts getting better.
Your doctor will talk to you about what type they recommend and about the risks and benefits of surgery. Some people may need more than one type of surgery at once. If silicon oil is injected it needs to be removed within 6 months.
There is a possibility of multiple surgeries and visual prognosis is guarded at times.
During the surgery, your doctor may also use laser or freeze treatments to repair tears or holes in your retina and help hold your retina in place after surgery.
UVEITIS: Uveitis is a form of eye inflammation. It affects the middle layer of tissue in the eye wall (uvea).
Uveitis warning signs often come on suddenly and get worse quickly. They include eye redness, pain and blurred vision. The condition can affect one or both eyes, and it can affect people of all ages, even children.
Possible causes of uveitis are infection, injury, or an autoimmune or inflammatory disease. Many times a cause can’t be identified.
Uveitis can be serious, leading to permanent vision loss. Early diagnosis and treatment are important to prevent complications and preserve your vision.
DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SCREENING/TREATMENT:
The purpose of screening is to identify people with diabetes who are at higher risk of developing sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy so that early treatment or intervention can be offered to reduce the incidence of vision loss.
Diabetic retinopathy is one of the many complications of diabetes. Because there are no symptoms initially, patients will not realise that they have the condition until it is at a proliferative stage or they develop macular oedema when their vision becomes affected, best retina surgeon in Kolkata. Unfortunately, a vision that has been lost may never be regained.
To prevent visual loss, early detection is needed at the pre-proliferative stage. This can only be achieved if the person with diabetes has regular (often annual) examinations of the retina, starting from when they are first diagnosed. Screening of diabetes patients, therefore, has to be timely and in accordance with locally agreed guidelines for detection, referral and treatment.
MACULAR SURGERY: In macular surgery, the macula is the central area in the centre of the retina where light is sharply focused to produce the detailed colour vision needed for tasks such as reading. The most common conditions that require macular surgery are macular holes and epiretinal membranes.
Although some macular holes can seal themselves and require no treatment, surgery necessary in many cases to help improve vision, best retina surgeon in Kolkata. In this surgical procedure-called a vitrectomy-the vitreous gel is removed to prevent it from pulling on the retina and replaced with a bubble containing a mixture of air and gas.
ROP SCREENING AND TREATMENT: Eye examination, comparison of different approaches to different treatment options and pain relief during screening or treatment. primary prevention of ROP by reducing exposure to risk factors like oxygen, blood products and systematic infection is addressed by different sets of guidelines.
NEURO OPHTHALMOLOGY: Neuro-Ophthalmology is a super speciality that merges the fields of neurology and ophthalmology. Neuro-ophthalmologists are responsible for the diagnosis and management of complex systemic diseases of the nervous system that affect vision, eye movements and alignment, as well as pupillary reflexes.
The typical symptoms that could signify a neuro-ophthalmological problem include:
- Sudden decrease or loss of vision
- Sudden transient loss of vision (called a transient ischemic attack or eye stroke)
- Visual hallucinations
- Double vision or diplopia
- Intractable headaches
- Pupillary abnormalities (sluggish reaction, the difference in size of the pupils)
- Sudden onset of difficulties in identifying colours
- Inability to tolerate bright light
- Visual Field Defects
- Squint or strabismus (especially adult onset)
ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC: Electrodiagnostic tests measure the electrical activity of the Retina and Optic nerves. By measuring the electrical activity they are able to determine the function of the Retina and Optic nerve.